Marconi Union – A Lost Connection (Just Music)
Released digitally two years ago, 'A Lost Connection' is being issued on CD for the first time by Just Music, who are a sensible home for the album given their status as one of the best labels for memorable new ambient and electronica music. Whilst there are nods to some of the usual suspects (Brian Eno, Moby), the brooding soundscapes created by Richard Talbot and Jamie Crossley occupy their own space, informed by the compelling beauty of derelict urban spaces.
Full of sparse but haunting ambient pulses, it's like taking a travelogue through a series of abandoned factories that occasionally click into life. The dreamy, drony industrial hum of 'Debris' even resembles a less somnambulant version of something from Aphex's 'Selected Ambient Works 2', whilst the Satie-like piano on the stately closer 'Transient' is redolent of one of Max Richter's piano travelogues.
Reconnect with this.
MS
Review originally published by CMU Music Network: www.cmumusicnetwork.co.uk
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